President Trump vowed to end taxes on Social Security, but the One Big Beautiful Bill stops short of fulfilling that promise.

The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security bill into law on this day in history, Aug. 14, 1935, creating a federal safety net for older, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans.

Yet many welfare states have been built the world over without an ideology of national security following in their wake.

FDR started Social Security. Ninety years later, his grandson, Boston lawyer Jim Roosevelt, wants to save it. Amid the Trump administration’s cuts, the 79-year-old sees ‘a direct threat to the ...

FDR signs Social Security bill into law President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into Law at the White House in Washington, D.C. on August 14, 1935.

For the first time since Social Security’s creation 90 years ago, the full retirement age is set to hit 67 years old in 2026. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

A new report says rising health care costs have pushed up the go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security. Former Associate Commissioner of the Social Security Administration James Roosevelt ...

Since its inception in 1935, Social Security has expanded its mission and reach. Here is how each president from Roosevelt to Trump has impacted Social Security.

The Social Security Fairness Act will impact the Social Security benefits of millions of public sector retirees, enabling those with a pension to also collect full SS benefits. However ...

A new report says rising health care costs have pushed up the go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security. Former Associate Commissioner of the Social Security Administration James Roosevelt ...